I thought I would re-post this for my friend Jim who is hoping to build the World Largest Clock, over one mile in diameter at Burning Man this year! He is hoping to get enough money to fund his project through the KickStarter site. Also please tell your friends about this site. I am really hoping to see this happen at Burning Man this year!

Thats a Great Picture and a Great Place to take one at.... I wonder how you get up there?

Not sure which mountain is Trego, but fron the angle and direction, looks like its near the frog pond. Is a dirt road that runs along the RR tracks, that's my guess. That road starts from 447 about a mile past Empire.

Thats a Great Picture and a Great Place to take one at.... I wonder how you get up there?

Not sure which mountain is Trego, but fron the angle and direction, looks like its near the frog pond. Is a dirt road that runs along the RR tracks, that's my guess. That road starts from 447 about a mile past Empire.

Wow this is really going to dovetail in nicely with my camps plan to float hundreds of reflective mylar balloons at about twenty two feet above us.

Thank goodness that someone has realized how pesky it can be to loose track of time at Black Rock City. Volunteers will no longer be able to say they missed their shift at (your department here) because they lost track of time.

Hey it may be your vacation, but that's no excuse to run around willy nilly, happily oblivious to the steady march of time to your ultimate return to the drudgery of the default world.

burningflyer wrote:Wow this is really going to dovetail in nicely with my camps plan to float hundreds of reflective mylar balloons at about twenty two feet above us.

Thank goodness that someone has realized how pesky it can be to loose track of time at Black Rock City. Volunteers will no longer be able to say they missed their shift at (your department here) because they lost track of time.

Hey it may be your vacation, but that's no excuse to run around willy nilly, happily oblivious to the steady march of time to your ultimate return to the drudgery of the default world.

There IS something to be said for keeping track of time at Burning Man solely by the sun, moon, stars, and the body, but I'm also a clock nerd impressed with the idea and effort here. I guess I can avert my eyes if necessary (well, we'll see about that I guess)

falcon451 wrote:There IS something to be said for keeping track of time at Burning Man solely by the sun, moon, stars, and the body, but I'm also a clock nerd impressed with the idea and effort here. I guess I can avert my eyes if necessary (well, we'll see about that I guess)

Unless your above the lasers, this clock wont do any of us any good. I love the idea! and if I were employed, Id donate to the project.

In the picture it does look offset from the Man. The tower will need to be taller than the man to avoid hitting him, the beams will probably never be close enough to ground to be a problem, and they should turn it off if it rains. I just hope people aren't idiots and try to send reflective balloons or something into the beams, which could be quite dangerous. Aside from balloons or other stuff, it should be safe enough for even US laser show standards.

One of my first volunteer gigs ever was in 2002, when there were cardinal point laser beams from the Man on his lighthouse. I was to sit and watch the beams, and hit the kill switch if someone sent up anything reflective, or if tall art cars drove into the beam and stayed there. I flicked it off for a few moments as La Contessa's mast split the beam and tried to follow it.

Then the spoiled "We Know the Artist" entitled club kids came up and took my water without asking. Bitches. Before SparklePony came into use. But Sparkleponies aren't mean snobs, are they?

I'm still attending, I have to wonder if they are too, and if they aren't as clueless and nasty as they were that many years ago.

Since the man is no longer accessible to people, the lasers could be placed beneath the man. Only problem would be when a hand passes 3 o'clock and 9 oclock. Hopefully, the artist has already contacted BMORG.